U.S. DOT Soliciting Nominations for Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking

The U.S. Department of Transportation is soliciting nominations for its Congressionally mandated Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking (ACHT).

ACHT is tasked with making triennial recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation on countering human trafficking the transportation sector. The deadline for nominations for Committee members must be received on or before October 14, 2025.

The ACHT was established in 2018 under the Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act and tasked with producing a counter-trafficking report to Congress with recommendations for countering human trafficking, an assessment of best practices by transportation stakeholders, and human trafficking violations involving commercial motor vehicles. This committee was re-chartered under the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

NATSO Vice President of Public Affairs Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman served on the 2023-2024 Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking and on the first Advisory Committee in 2018-2019 as Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Education and Awareness.

The final 2024 report, Preventing and Addressing Human Trafficking in the Transportation Sector, underscored NATSO’s commitment to raise awareness about the crime of human trafficking and to educate the industry in how to respond to a suspected incidence.

The Committee’s initial report titled, “The Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking Final Report: Combating Human Trafficking in the Transportation Sector,” offered a systematic assessment of data, strategies, policies, protocols, training, and awareness needs regarding the intersection of the transportation sector and human trafficking.

Both reports outline recommendations and best practices for the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Congress, states, private industry, NGOs, and local transportation authorities with regard to funding, partnerships, policies and protocols, training and awareness, data and information-sharing, and survivor support.

Formal nomination guidelines can be found in the Federal Register Notice here.

For additional information, please contact Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman at twlazlowski@natso.com

Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman

Wlazlowski Neuman leads NATSO and the NATSO Foundation’s public affairs initiatives and communications strategies to promote the truck stop and travel center industry to the public, opinion leaders, elected officials, and the media. Her outreach includes a spectrum of policy issues facing the industry, with a particular focus on transportation and fuel issues, truck parking, and human trafficking. She serves as NATSO’s representative on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Truck Parking Coalition, the Clean Freight Coalition, and various state truck parking technical advisory committees. She is the architect of the truck stop and travel center industry’s anti-human trafficking campaign and currently serves as a Committee member for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Human Trafficking Advisory Council. Wlazlowski Neuman serves on the American Highway Users Policy and Government Affairs Committee.

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